Rev Royal Hero For 30 Years At Frederick First Baptist
On August 15 1915 Rev William Carson Royel came to Frederick to lead First Baptist. A Sunday service will recognize 30 years of faithful service with a gift of at least 1000 to Rev and Mrs Royal. He has guided growth in membership and budget and held many civic roles. He also led Maryland Baptist Union and the Summer Assembly at Braddock Heights. He remains active in Boy Scouts Lions Club and various fraternal orders and has served in state and regional religious and public capacities. The article notes his southern cordiality and community involvement beyond the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carson Royel
Frederick
First Baptist Church
Royal
Maryland
Braddock Heights
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Northern Baptist Convention
Maryland Baptist Union Association
Frederick County
City Ministerial Association
Boy Scouts
Francis Lcott
Boy Scouts of America
National Council
National Capitol Area Council
Vercasts Rey Vir
Frederick Lions Club
Lions International
Lynch Lodge
No. 163
A. F
A. Masons
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Consdder Act
Maryland House of Delegates
Johnson County
North Carolina
Mr. Royal
BE. Gordon Conklin
Baptist Church
Rockville
Mackenzies Column on Britain’s war burdens and bases
J M Roberts Jr analyzes Britain’s wartime strain balancing domestic needs with imperial duties. He notes efforts to maintain Southeast Asia interests, reorganize Malaya and Burma, and hold Singapore’s trade bottleneck while fighting for influence in Europe and the Middle East. He praises Turkey as a rare ally and cautions that Britain’s footing hinges on bases in Egypt Tobruk Malta Cyprus and Palestine amid Arab and Jewish pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M Roberts, Jr
Great Britain
Napoleon
Adolf Hitler
Tne
Indonesia
Malaya
Burma
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Europe
Middle East
Britain
Egypt
Bengazi
Tobruk
Malta
Cyprus
Palestine
Suez
Mosul
Transjordan
Iraq
Iran
Abadan
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Greece
John Bull
Apply For Vets Housing in Southeast Frederick
Eighty-one veterans or relatives had applied by this morning at the Frederick Housing Authority for space in the 35 unit temporary veterans quarters. Officials expect up to 120 but list may stop at 100. Selection said to be on need with checks for deepest need. Eighty percent of applicants are from the city, others from surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
Frederick
Thi
Permit Granted For $27,000 Warehouse
City engineer issues a building permit to Price-Wilhoite Company for a new one story warehouse on East Fifth Street extended. The warehouse is estimated to cost about 27000 dollars. Other permits listed include Walter J. Hahn for a double house at 4 West Fifth Street and G Maynard Summers remodeling 119 South Rentz Street for the Colored American Legion post home, plus a steel roof floor for Frederick Motor Company at Tebuin with a 350 dollar cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price-Wilhoite Company
Todd Products
East Fifth Street
Walter J. Hahn
Fib Street
G. Maynard Summers
South Rentz
Colored American Legion Post
Frederick Motor Company
Great Lakes Strike Gets Underway
The CIO National Maritime Union calls a Great Lakes work stoppage to idle up to 360 vessels as 4,300 Lake members join, with a push for a 44 hour week and maintained union membership amid wage push by CIO affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
NMU
Joseph Curran
Kettles Pooland Ging
Cleveland
Washington
CIO
United Farm Equipment Workers Union
International Harvester Co
Swift and Company
Ford Local Bi
United Auto Workers
CIO Oil Workers
Fort Worth
Texas
Harvester
Ask Officers Be Disciplined Ask Officers Be Disciplined
Two Republican senators urged disciplinary action by the War Department over new orders limiting close association between Army officers and contractors. Senators Brewster and Becaner said evidence shows officer ties with the Garsson munitions group, warranting discipline. A subcommittee led by Kilgore will probe Col. Theodore Wyman Jr and Hans Roal connections to defense contracts in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Brewster
Maine
Becaner
Michigan
Senate War Investigating Committee
Kenneth C. Royall
Ferguson
Army
Garsson Munitions Combine
Mead
D- N
Senator Kilgore
D-Wva
Col
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Army District
Hawaii
Hans Wilhelm Roal
Islands
Pearl Harbor
Fields Cited For Contempt By Committee
Washington August 15 The House Surplus Property committee cites contract broker Benjamin F Fields for contempt. The panel says Fields was wilful and contemptuous in refusing to produce records of dealings in surplus war goods. Case to be referred to Speaker Rayburn who may send it to the U S Attorney for possible grand jury action
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Benjamin F. Fields
Fields
Rayburn
U. S
District of Columbia
Shipping Strike To Hit Northern West Virginia Coal
The CIO maritime union's actions threaten immediate curtailment of northern West Virginia coal production as Great Lakes shipping disruptions worsen. Baltimore and Ohio and Monongahela railroads suffer from coal car shortages, worsened by the Marmic field upsets officials said. Cleveland announces the purchase of Howard Moss, Orioles outfielder, by the Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Ve
West Virginia
CIO Maciitime Union
Great Lakes
Baltimore and Ohio
Monongahela
Indians
Moss
Cleveland
UPI
Howard Moss
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
Welfare reform cuts Frederick County aid next year
Frederick County officials discuss the impact of new Social Security amendments signed by President Truman. The welfare director says county responsibility for assistance will be reduced with federal help rising from October 1. The changes shift funding for Old Age and Needy Blind programs to a 50 50 federal match beyond an initial $15, potentially lowering local expenditures, though exact amounts await budget review for 1947.
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Congress
Truman
Frederick County
Finck
Welfare Board
Uisjedad
Maryland
Seek More Evidence On Jap Crimes
The Army launched a hunt for 2,861 former American prisoners of the Japanese to gather further evidence for war crimes prosecutions in Tokyo. Civilians and military personnel will be asked to provide statements about atrocities. High officers from the legal sections have returned to supervise, aided by the Veterans Administration and the U.S. Attorney General's Department. Letters will request ex-prisoners visit federal offices or the Veterans Administration for interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tokyo
AAU US Wel
Uuging Wess Lue
United States
Veterans Administration
U.S. Attorney General's Department
Federal District Attorney's Office
Weather Van Demonstration Arrives in Frederick
A mobile weather van arriving Friday at 11 a.m. will be on public display in Frederick for four days at the corner of Court and West Church streets. Master Sgt. William C. Fryard and Pfc. Walter Tor staff the van, equipped to showcase the AAF forecasting methods used across the United States, with demonstrations moving next to Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Lloyd 1E Culler
Court
West Church Streets
AAF
United States
William C. Fryard
Walter Tor
AAF Weather School
Chanute Field
Ill
Hagerstown
Army Air Forces
Ene
Funds For Wildlife Provided Washington Aug 15
The Fish and Wildlife Service released 2,260,005 to states for wildlife restoration and development projects. States must match 23 percent, with projects approved by the Service. Funds derive from an 11 percent excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition and are apportioned by land area and hunter licenses. Maryland 5,15 8,000. Virginia 36,109. West Virginia 33,734.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Pittman Robertson
Congress
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
City Acquires New Caterpillar Grader for 1946
Frederick city purchased a new Caterpillar power grader from the War Assets Administrator for 4927 dollars. City Engineer W. Raymond Walter said the machine is being assembled locally and should be ready soon. The 1946 budget provisioned the grader to grade new streets alleys and watershed roads and to clear heavy snows in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
War Assets Administrator
W. Raymond Walter
U.S. Officials Wary of Russ Demands on Turkey
Washington reports that the guided missile carrier Frankilin D. Roosevelt heads to Lisbon for a Mediterranean training cruise amid rising tensions over Russia pressuring Turkey to involve itself in Dardanelles defense. American diplomats back Turkey but fear Moscow aims to assert a foothold in the strait, signaling broader friction with the Near East.
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Washington
Frank
Ilin
D. Roosevelt
Lisbon
Near East
Turkey
Dardanelles
United ‘States
Portugal
Houston
Little Rock
Adm
Henry
Mediterranean
Bernard H. Biert
Fargo
Huntington
Biert
Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Bieri
Byrnes Warns Against Economic Treaties At Potsdam Parley
Paris. Aug. 157 U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes denounced economic treaties made against Potsdam accord as leading to enslavement and exploitation. He asserted the United States bore $400 billion in war costs loaned by the public and sought no recompense, pledging help in economic rebirth and reciprocal friendship to any nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Byrne T
Ihaly
Byrnes
United States
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Janos Gyongyosi
V. M. Molotov
Italy
Greece
Laly
Russia
Murray Views On Stabilization Critiques Wage Rollback
CIO President Philip Murray condemned the stabilization program as a fraud, arguing labor cannot accept wage rollbacks while living costs rise daily. He urged revision of National Wage Stabilization Board standards to reflect higher living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
National Wage Stabilization Board
Erosion survey planned for waterfront protection work
Baltimore, Aug. 14 A survey by the Department of Geology and Water Resources was in planning to support the construction of protective seawalls and bulkheads to slow erosion of waterfront property in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Gland Department of Geolozy, Nes and Water Resources
Turfman Dead Lexington Derby Trainer Cal Bradley dies
Cal Bradley an 86 year old Kentucky turfman and breeder famed for four Kentucky Derbies died of a heart attack at Idle Hour Farm in Lexington. He had lived a long, active life in racing though aged. his Idle Hour operation near Lexington and wintering in Florida, summers in New York and Maryland were noted.
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Lexington
Cal
Bradley
Idte Fleur
Lea. Om
Cal. Bradley
Idle Hour
Kenhurleyte Tia
Col. Bradley
Wlorids
New York
Maryland
Truman to embark on 18 day yacht cruise to New England
President Truman will leave Washington for an 18 day yachting vacation aboard the Presidential yacht U S Williamsburg. The journey will reach Narragansett Bay and Maine coast with Capt C L Freeman in command and no public appearances or speeches planned. The trip ends September 2 Labor Day and marks his first official vacation since Roosevelt's death in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
New England
White House
Charles Gy Ross
U. S. Williamsburg
Narragansett Bay
Maine
Williamsburg
C. L. Freeman
Freeman
Europe
Potsdam
Augusta
James H. Foskett
George E. Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mr. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ross
Lightning Strikes Twice At Same Spot In Thunderstorm
Harold Kehne an ambulance driver at Fort Meade survived a thunderstorm near Ceresville after sitting in a steel chair in a radiated office. A bolt knocked him off the chair then a second bolt struck fifteen minutes later through a window along a radiator. He then moved to a rubber mat and continued reading.
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Harold Kehne
Ralph S. Kehne
Ceresville
Lightning Heyer
Kehne
Fort Meade
WAC
Keane
U.S. Out of Palestine Partition Plan Fallout
British sources report the British American cabinet plan to split Palestine into four zones is rejected by the United States. President Truman remains undecided on the plan, postponing immediate Jewish immigration and signaling no public release of his letter. British and American officials discuss a new approach as unrest looms in Jerusalem with British troops on standby.
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London
Palestine
Britain
Truman
United States
Siti
Dale
Attlee
Committee of Inquiry
Europe
Herbert Morrison
Council
Henry ©. Grady
U. S. State Department
Will Try To Recover 10 Million In Silver In Manila Bay
South Sea pearl operator Victor Berge says President Roxas granted permission to salvage about 10 million dollars in Philippine silver dumped near Corregidor before Japanese entry on Jan 2 1942. Navy divers and customs agents place the coins in a 200 meter square area 170 feet deep. shifts in currents complicate recovery. Stock market drift in New York as losses outweigh gains amid light volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Victor Berge
Manila Bay
Berge
Roxas
Corregidor
U.S. Navy
Navy
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Royal Hero
Aeronautical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
William
Mackenzie
Curgan
U.S
Andrei Vishinsky
Hungary
Soviet Union
Gtrmany
United Nations
Masaryk
Gyongyosi
Murray
Col. F. R. Bradley
Richmond
Veterans Branch
War Assets Administration
Cyrus J. Kephart
Jday
U.S. Out OF Palestine
Jerusalem
Irgun Zvat Leumi
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